She's a Sailsman https://shesasailsman.com/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:45:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 The Three Little Pigs Retold https://shesasailsman.com/the-three-little-pigs-retold/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:45:34 +0000 https://shesasailsman.com/?p=167 Manny, Mello and Millie sat under the mango tree wondering what’s going to happen now that their mother lost her job in the worst economic crisis the world has ever seen since the depression. Misty told the pigs that things are going to be a little bit tight and as soon as they turned sixteen, […]

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]]> 167 An Open Letter to Jamaica’s Minister Of Health https://shesasailsman.com/an-open-letter-to-jamaicas-minister-of-health/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 19:51:55 +0000 http://shesasailsman.com/?p=103 Hello Mr. Tufton, I hope you’re well and having a good day. I see that you’re fighting the good fight with regards to COVID-19 and appreciate your efforts. I try my best to ‘tan a mi yard’ (as much as my work permits), wear my mask and wash my hands frequently.  On February 12, 2020 I […]

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]]> 103 Abortion: Public Policy Is Not the Dominion of Priests https://shesasailsman.com/abortion-public-policy-is-not-the-dominion-of-priests/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:54:34 +0000 http://shesasailsman.com/?p=80 “I didn’t want you to judge me,” was the reply I got from an old friend upon inquiring a few years ago, why she’d had an abortion. I had known her since primary school and, up to that moment, I thought we’d shared everything. It was disheartening to realize that she’d made a life-changing decision […]

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]]> 80 ‘Cockroach Nuh Business Inna Fowl Fight’: Violence against Jamaican Women https://shesasailsman.com/cockroach-nuh-business-inna-fowl-fight-violence-against-jamaican-women/ Sun, 19 Jul 2020 16:21:36 +0000 http://shesasailsman.vm-host.net/?p=69 Last year a former colleague; daughter, friend, mother, sister, aunt was violently taken from us by her partner of more than ten years, who subsequently took his own life in the same incident. A young man lost his mother, and we are left with more questions than answers, and more grief. I’ve heard these stories […]

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